A research effort this summer in the Great Lakes has revealed a surprising amount of tiny plastic particles in the water. The 5 Gyres Institute is an environmental organization which has primarily been concerned with pollution, and especially plastics pollution,… »
Highlights / Month: October 2013
War remembrance pins to be made by inmates
Some inmates of federal prisons in western Canada will soon be making the iconic poppy pins worn each November to honour those Canadians who have gone to war. Poppies bloomed in some of the world battlefields of Flanders, France in… »
“Star Trek” hero wins award
Canadian actor William Shatner, who played Captain James Kirk on the “Star Trek” television series, has won the Stratford Festival’s prestigious Legacy Award. The Stratford Festival is Canada’s foremost classical theatre festival and is situated in the province of Ontario. At… »
Economy, International, Politics
Opposition attacks over Senate scandal, government responds with EU-Canada trade deal
A raucous Question Period in Canada’s House of Commons had opposition parties concentrating on new developments Monday (October 21) in a Senate spending scandal involving the office of the Prime Minister, while the government focused on its announcement of a… »
Study: Air pollution deadlier than car crashes
Continued exposure to air pollution is almost nine times more deadly to people than car crashes, according to a researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC), on Canada’s Pacific coast. In a commentary published by the Canadian Medical Association… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Only a third of Canadians get flu vaccines
This is a time of year when public health officials urge Canadians to get a vaccine to protect them from whatever flu virus they predict will be active that year. But for several reasons only between 35 and 40 per… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Canada: Third high profile train derailment keeping residents from homes
There was more bad news Monday (October 21) for residents who were evacuated after a train derailment Saturday near the town of Gainford in the western Canadian province of Alberta. Canadian National (CN) officials say it’s not yet safe enough for the… »
High number of Canadian passports reported stolen or lost
The number of Canadian passports reported lost or stolen in recent years has skyrocketed. Between 2003 and 2012, passports loss rose from just under 12-thousand, to almost 66-thousand. This latter figure was obtained by the Quebec-based French newspaper La Presse… »
Remembering the “British Home Children” in Canada
A gathering of a special group of Canadians was held this weekend in the town of Bible Hill, a suburb of Truro, Nova Scotia on Canada’s east coast. The group consisted of the descendents of what are known as British… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Government scientists feel muzzled
90 per cent of Canadian government scientists feel they are not allowed to speak freely to the media about the work they do, according to a survey by their union. If they were to speak about a departmental decision that… »
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